The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 43

TRIM'S ARENA THE CH RLOTTE OBSERVER Fri Jan 31 1975 3D Skies Improve Fish Catches Outdoors Tom Higgins around buttom bru-h where you Lnd The Blewett Lsh according to one souice are mostly concentrated around the barks in about eight feet of water deep at Santee Cooper where fisher rmn dr ft ng minnows in Lake Taw Cat Poa-to ard Wyboo Creeks are scoring best A couple of other fair fre-h water possibilities for the weekend aie cast ng spinner -bai's for largemomh in Lakes Wvle and Hartwell and Bum pina flics on points for walleye at Fontano Lake Cod-tal pm-pocts are nil esixx lal'y in Caioma wheie the de uge of fresh water pour ng down from the rivers has finished off fishing for perhaps a cou pie of weeks 5C fv- EOM SPECIALS a bass nr two" In his patrols of Lake Norman and these were taken incidental to crappie fishing It was about the same else where with the lack of bass activity variously being blamed on extremely muddy water conditions or high winds which frustrated an glers in their efforts tc reach favored fishing territory seeking crap- pirs have been quite John reported from his fishing center on Iredell County shore "Thorton Brooks of May hew checked in with 50 today that he caught on jigs and minnows fished one to feet deep Shortly thereafter Atwell Allen of Stony Point came by ith 30 fish or so that he caught as deep as 40 feet down At I CMS Strufle Flat es In Open Continued From Page lO ou believe Sunny This bright balmy das cured a lot of cases of in the Carol nas Fishermen kept relative hibernation by the winter monsoon of recent weeks were nut in force almost every where Unfortunately and sur pnxing'y the spring-like temperatures trigger a similar response in the tricky finicky systems of most fish species Generally thev maintained thcr usual late-Jaouary leth argy and catches by the crowds of anglers who had anticipated action were off considerably from a week ago when the weather was lousy Crappie provided practically 100 per cent of the catch Monday through Thursday when thermometer readings reached the 70s each day and Lkely to a i the best bet for fishermen planning outings this weekend LIKELIEST locations are Lake Norman Blewett Falls Lake in Anson County and South Santee Cooper Reservoir would have bet anything two or three straight days of unusually warm weather like we've had would have found big largemouth bass moving to the banks in wo dlife protector Jack Cordell of Cornelius said it happened that Cordell indicated seen I ELQQR MATS REG $479 NOW AC CHAMPION rec plugs AUTOLITE resistor plugs A ff TX TOOL SALE SOTTgre ARR7 COMPLETE LINE OF AUTO PARTS FOR DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED CARS SKI WEAR SALE ALL SKI WEAR Men's Women's Children's HIRE CASK UP CLEARANCE CARRT T0 4 FUEL PUMPS from 1 STARTERS ALTERNATORS from BMOHOIS om mut RENTALS OF MOTOR HOMES TRAILERS AND TRUCKS CENTRAL EASTWAY AUTO PARTS DIVISION OF ESPOSITO OIL CO INC 3718 Central Ave (Corner Central Ave Eastway Dr) 568-4610 MO-hT II) HI IM sin N-9 lM i See Our Al)tery Package 'Your Year Round Professional Shops" Tennis one! 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